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The U.S. District Court for D.C. vacated the DOL's new rule that purported to narrow the definition of "companionship services" exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

In a separate, concurring opinion, Judge James Ho went further, adding his position that Title VII does not extend its protections to sexual orientation and transgender status

There has long been some uncertainty in the law over the validity of a private release of wage and hour claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

At least some good has come out of the Supreme Court's finding that President Obama's recess appointments were invalid in Noel Canning.

The New York Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has issued new guidance on how to properly plead wage and hour claims against employers.

Rogelio Ramos sued his former employers for unpaid overtime, minimum wages and other compensation and obtained some of the monetary recovery he requested.

The district court sentenced Nosal to one year and one day in prison; three years of supervised release; a $60,000 fine and approximately $828,000 in restitution to Korn/Ferry.

On September 8, 2021, unsealed documents from a lawsuit launched in November 2020 by former Washington Football Team (WFT) ...

Back in December 2013, I posted regarding a new lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") which involved a grocery store that would not hire a woman for an open courtesy van driver position.

Seyfarth's Workplace Class Action Litigation Report was profiled in a January 10 Q&A with Gerald Maatman in Reuters.

If we have all learned something writing and reading this blog, it is that new employment laws seem to crop up more frequently than Bigfoot sightings.

Attempts to certify classes of employees in lawsuits against healthcare industry employers continues to be a growing trend.

Although non-competes outside of California are typically enforceable (subject to each state's laws), the White House issued a report this summer discussing what it believes to be misuse of non-competes

The courts generally construe the concepts of "employer" and "joint employer" broadly with respect to employment and wage laws.

It didn’t take long for the nation’s newest right-to-work law to come under fire from opponents.

The case's facts certainly offer a bizarre combination of the ludicrous and the revolting, but they also demonstrate the significant costs to employers of failing to comply with GINA.

Since the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in "AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion", California appellate courts have disagreed about the ability, through private arbitration agreements, to waive an employee's right to bring class action claims.

After terminating the employment of Julie Simpson (Guardian’s COO), Guardian’s CEO/owner sued Simpson for a variety of claims, including breach of contract, interference with prospective...